Snapchat Lures New CFO From Amazon With $20 Million In Stock

Snap, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, quietly announced Monday it has poached an Amazon executive, just a week after reporting bleak earnings.

Tim Stone, a long-time leader at one of the most powerful companies, is replacing Andrew Vollero, the now-former CFO of Snapchat.

“I am deeply grateful for Drew and his many contributions to the growth of Snap,” CEO Evan Spiegel said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. “He has done an amazing job as Snaps first CFO, building a strong team and helping to guide us through our transition to becoming a public company.”

Stone is expected to start May 16 and will have an annual salary of $500,000. He will also be awarded $20,000,000 worth of restricted stock units.

Stone worked as Amazons vice president of finance for many years, so its possible he was brought on to proverbially right an ostensibly veering ship.

Though, Volleros departure is “not related to any disagreement” with the company “on any matter relating to our accounting, strategy, management, operations, policies, or practices (financial or otherwise),” Snapchats former CFO confirmed, according to the SEC report.

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